
Visions of a Flying Machine
The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention
Peter L. Jakab(Author)
Smithsonian Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
282 pages
978-1-56098-748-2 (ISBN)
Description
This acclaimed book on the Wright Brothers takes the reader straight to the heart of their remarkable achievement, focusing on the technology and offering a clear, concise chronicle of precisely what they accomplished and how they did it. This book deals with the process of the invention of the airplane and how the brothers identified and resolved a range of technical puzzles that others had attempted to solve for a century.
Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
Step by step, the book details the path of invention (including the important wind tunnel experiments of 1901) which culminated in the momentous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the first major milestone in aviation history. Enhanced by original photos, designs, drawings, notebooks, letters and diaries of the Wright Brothers, Visions of a Flying Machine is a fascinating book that will be of interest to engineers, historians, enthusiasts, or anyone interested in the process of invention.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
62 B&W PHOTOS
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56098-748-2 (9781560987482)
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12/2014
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Person
Peter L. Jakab